Publications in refereed journals
- Stoermer, S. and Fahr, R. (2013): "Individual Determinants of Work Attendance: Evidence on the Role of Personality", Applied Economics, Vol. 45(19).
- Fahr, R. and Irlenbusch. B. (2011): "Who Follows the Crowd - Groups or Individuals?”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Vol. 80, pp. 200-209.
- Fahr, R. (2011): "Job Design and Job Satisfaction - Empirical Evidence for Germany” Management Review, Vol. 22 (1), pp. 28-46.
- Fahr, R. and Sunde, U.. (2009): "Did the Hartz Reforms Speed-Up Job Creation? A Macro-Evaluation Using Empirical Matching Functions” , German Economic Review, Vol. 10 (3), pp. 284-316.
- Fahr, R. and Sunde, U.. (2009): "Gender Differentials in Skill Use and Skill Formation in the Aftermath of Vocational Training”, Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 16, pp. 885-889.
- Fahr, R. and Irlenbusch, B. (2008): "Identifying Personality Traits to Enhance Trust between Organisations – An Experimental Approach“, Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 29, pp.469-487.
- Fahr, R. and Sunde, U.. (2006): „Spatial Mobility and Competition for Jobs: Some Theory and Evidence for Western Germany”, Regional Science and Urban Economics Vol. 36, pp. 803-825.
- Fahr, R. and Sunde, U.. (2006): „Regional Dependencies in Job Creation: An Efficiency Analysis for Western Germany”, Applied Economics, Vol. 38 (10), pp. 1193-1206.
- Fahr, R. and Sunde, U.. (2005): "Job and vacancy competition in empirical matching functions”, Labour Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 773-780.
- Fahr, R. (2005): „Loafing or Learning? – The Demand for Informal Education”, European Economic Review, Vol. 49 (1). pp. 75-98.
- Fahr, R. and Sunde, U. (2004): „Occupational job creation: patterns and implications”, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 56 (3), pp. 407-436.
- Fahr, R. and Clark, D. (2002): „Transferability, Mobility and Youth Training in Germany and Britain: A Simple Theoretical Analysis”, Applied Economics Quarterly (früher: Konjunkturpolitik), Vol. 48 (3-4), pp. 235-255.
- Fahr, R. and Irlenbusch, B. (2000): „Fairness as a Constraint on Trust in Reciprocity - Earned Property Rights in a Reciprocal Exchange Experiment”, Economics Letters, Vol. 66, pp. 275-282.
Monographs and contributions to collective volumes
- Zimmermann, K.F., Bonin, H., Fahr, R. and Hinte, H. (2007): „Immigration Policy and the Labor Market: The German Experience and Lessons for Europe.” Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Higuchi, Y. , Kodama, T. , Abe, M. , Hashimoto, M. , Schneider, H. and Fahr, R. (2005): „A Comparative Analysis of Job Entry Methods in Japan, the U.S. and Europe - Is Japan different from the U.S. and Europe?” Chapter 4 in: Y. Higuchi, T. Kodama and M. Abe (Hrsg.): “Economic Analysis of Labor Market Design: Enhancing the Job-Matching Function”, RIETI’s Economic Policy Analysis Series No. 14, Toyo Keizai Inc., Tokio, in Japanese.
- Fahr, R. (2005): „Loafing or Learning? – The Demand for Informal Education” ,Kapitel 7 in: D. Hamermesh und G. Pfann (Hrsg.): “The Economics of Time Use”, Contributions to Economic Analysis, Band 271, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
- Fahr, R. (2003): „Occupational Mobility and Occupational Matching: Some Implications for Career Choice and Labor Market Policy”, dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet, Berlin, 2003, Dissertation, University of Bonn.
- Zimmermann, K.F., Bauer, Th.K., Bonin, H., Fahr, R., Hinte, H. (2002): „Arbeitskräftebedarf bei hoher Arbeitslosigkeit. Ein ökonomisches Zuwanderungskonzept für Deutschland.” Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
- Fahr, R. (2001): „Gibt es eine Nachfrage nach produktiver Freizeit?” In: Ehling, M. und Merz, J. u. a.: Zeitbudget in Deutschland - Erfahrungsberichte der Wissenschaft, Statistischen Bundesamt, Reihe Spektrum der Bundesstatistik, Band. 17, Wiesbaden.
Working paper
- Djawadi, B.M. and Fahr, R (2013): "The Impact of Risk Perception and Risk Attitudes on Corrupt Behavior: Evidence from a Petty Corruption Experiment", IZA Diskussionspapier 7383
- Djawadi, B.M. and Fahr, R (2013): "…And They are Really Lying': Clean Evidence on the Pervasiveness of Cheating in Professional Contexts from a Field Experiment". Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2253867
- Djawadi, B.M. and Fahr, R. (2013): "The Impact of Tax Knowledge and Budget Spending Influence on Tax Compliance", IZA Diskussionspapier Nr. 7255
- Fahr, R. and Wiebe, E. (2012): "Verantwortungsvolles Handeln im Unternehmen: die Rolle von kognitiven Verzerrungen und Selbsttäuschung bei ethischen Entscheidungen", University of Paderborn
- Hinerasky, C. and Fahr, R. (2011): „When the Early Bird Catches the Worm: The Impact of Training in Retail", IZA Diskussionspapier Nr. 6037.
- Fahr, R. and Simons, S.: „Returns to Company Training – Evidence form a New Approach Using Quasi-Experimental Data”.
- Fahr, R. and Kusche, S.: „Individual Determinants of Work Attendance: Evidence on the Role of Personality”.
- Fahr, R. and Frick, B. (2007): „On the Inverse Relationship between Unemployment and Absenteeism: Evidence from Natural Experiments and Worker Heterogeneity“, IZA Discussion Paper No. 3171, November 2007.
- Fahr, R. (2006): „The Wage Effects of Social Norms: Evidence of Deviations from Peers’ Body-Mass in Europe”, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2323.
- Fahr, R. and Friedrich, A. (2006): „Programmevaluation zur Ermittlung des Wertbeitrags betrieblicher Trainingsmaßnahmen”, University of Cologne.
- Fahr, R. and Clark, D. (2002): „The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College-Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship”, CEP Discussion Paper No. 528, London School of Economics.